Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: December 29, 2025

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Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 17.1 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.46 km

Prießnitzgrund

Highlight • Gorge

A few meters out of Dresden you will find beautiful hiking trails in the countryside and lots of water

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4.27 km

Priessnitz Trail

Highlight • Trail

Beautifully scenic, long, easy-to-ride trail with no technical difficulties. To really enjoy it, you should ride outside of rush hour, as there are otherwise a lot of hikers on the trail.

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9.43 km

Sandgrube Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

Incredibly beautiful section. Whoever built the jumps / drops did all the work. Unfortunately, "only" has an XC bike, but with a fully this should be one of the trails in the heath.

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16.2 km

Priessnitz Sandy Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

On the one, near the creek, sandy place breaks the way more and more away. (As of 11.2018)

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21.0 km

Dresden Heath

Highlight • Forest

THE local recreation area for the Dresden biker scene. There are wide forest highways and beautiful hidden trails.

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26.7 km

Prießnitz Downhill Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Easy trail down to Prießnitz. If you drive fast, you can take off a bit in some places. But pay attention to oncoming traffic! The trail is used intensively, especially in summer.

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30.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.6 km

4.93 km

2.72 km

2.32 km

205 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

9.35 km

3.96 km

2.53 km

2.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Wednesday 4 March

15°C

-2°C

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